How did England’s political traditions affect the types of government established in England’s American colonies? (1 point) Responses English colonies were direct democracies with rights and freedoms. English colonies were direct democracies with rights and freedoms. English colonial governments prohibited discrimination based on race or religion. English colonial governments prohibited discrimination based on race or religion. English colonists had some limited representative self-government. English colonists had some limited representative self-government. English colonists elected members of Parliament.

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The correct response is: English colonists had some limited representative self-government.

This reflects the influence of England's political traditions on the governance of the American colonies. While the colonies were not direct democracies, many established mechanisms for self-governance, such as elected assemblies, which allowed for some degree of representation and local decision-making, aligned with English practices of representative government.